Copper-plate engraved Atlas of the globe coloured by hand.
Surrounded by decorative board with images of the continents at the corners. Upper and lower boards with text. At the centre, elaborate cartouche. Texts on B΄side. Uni-tone oxidation. Handmade watermarked paper.
Latin language.
[Bibliography Van der Broecke 186: Ortelius used sources of ancient classic writers from whom he drew material for cartography which is mentioned by map makers at the subsequent discoveries up to the age of Columbus.]
[Bibliography: Broecke Nr. 186, B.L. Maps C.2.d.3].

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